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YMCA Europe Festival Day 2

It really would not be an overstatement to say that today was one of the most fulfilling days of my life.

The start of the YMCA Europe Festival in Prague was put back a few more hours so that the organisers could get the site safe and ready after last night’s storm. They did a sterling job. However, this meant the formal part of our Mission Possible programme was cancelled. I’d been preparing to preach so initially I was a little disappointed.

However, the team, made up of young people from 7 countries, really came into it’s own. We headed down to the festival gates early and from 1pm-5.30pm we brought dance, games, worship, drama and teaching in the open air to those who had gathered by the gates waiting for the festival to begin.

I really feel like we contributed to the positive feel of the festival and our energy and enthusiasm was received well. The content of our message clearly moved some of the onlookers and there was delight from all those that joined in the crazy Peruvian and Colombian dancing. I was privileged to preach to the growing crowd of at least 300. I have never done anything like this before and it was really exciting.

Once the gates opened the festival came to life and the place was buzzing when I left. It’s gonna be an exhausting but out of this world week.

This photo shows a few of the young people listening early on in the afternoon: